Fast Fashion

What is fast fashion?

• Clothes that are made and sold cheaply.

• Clothes that can be put on quickly.

• The time from design to sale of the clothes is short.

• The industry is focused on slowly producing small volumes of clothing.

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What are advantages of fast fashion? (only 1 word)

What are disadvantages of fast fashion? (only 1 word)

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Who offers fast fashion? (name only 1 retailer)

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How many clothes are bought per person in Germany on average per year?

• approx. 15

• approx. 60

• approx. 36

• approx. 77

Answer explanation

approx. 60 items per person / year

https://www.bmuv.de/themen/nachhaltigkeit-digitalisierung/konsum-und-produkte/produktbereiche/mode-und-textilien

How many pieces of clothing do adults in Germany have in their wardrobe on average? (without underwear, socks and shoes)

• approx. 87

• approx. 149

• approx. 56

• approx. 44

Answer explanation

https://fashionunited.de/nachrichten/mode/greenpeace-umfrage-340-millionen-kleidungstuecke-weniger-in-deutschen-schraenken/2022072747596

How many of our clothes are made of plastic?

• approx. 30 %

• approx. 50 %

• approx. 10 %

• approx. 70 %

Answer explanation

Today, around 70 percent of all textile fibres (clothing and household textiles) produced worldwide are made of synthetic polymers.

https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/waste/resource-efficiency/plastic-in-textiles-towards-a

On a minimum average, how many litres of water are needed to produce a cotton shirt (250g)?

• 689 l

• 104 l

• 2.495 l

• 5469 l

Answer explanation

Thus, for one kilo of cotton you need about 10,000 litres of water. This amount can vary massively depending on the region. For example, only 6,000 litres of water are used per kilogramme of cotton in China, whereas 9,200 litres are used per kilogramme in Uzbekistan and 22,500 litres in India.

https://globalestshirt.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/wie-viel-wasser-braucht-ein-t-shirt/

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What share of the earth's water is usable for humans?

• 15 %

• 1 %

• 56 %

• 8 %

Answer explanation

97% of the world's water is salty sea water.

2% is ice, only 1% from rivers & lakes is usable for us humans

(as drinking water, for agriculture, and industry)

https://wiki.bildungsserver.de/klimawandel/index.php/Wasserressourcen

How much money of a shirt sold (29 €) ends up with a garment worker?

• 0,18 €

• 0,67€

• 3,50€

• 1,37€

Answer explanation

https://www.fairfashionguide.de/index.php/infoboxen/item/23-was-kostet-mein-t-shirt

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